Still life is an independent genre of fine art. This is the best school of realistic painting, where the artist masters the plasticity of forms and the laws of color harmony. Still lifes can be divided into three types: scientific, floral and everyday. Still life with fruit belongs to the everyday look.
It is necessary
Vase, fruit, drapery, watercolors, brushes, water
Instructions
Step 1
Place a vase in the middle of the table and some fruit next to it. Place the drapery in the background. Drapery is any fabric thrown over a surface.
Step 2
You will have two surfaces: the horizontal one on which the still life stands and the vertical one behind the still life.
Step 3
You need to draw objects in detail.
Step 4
Draw the axis of the vessel, then ellipses. An ellipse is a circle in a plane.
Step 5
Sketch the outlines of the vessel and start drawing the fruit.
Step 6
In the foreground you will have an apple, behind it is a lemon. It is necessary that these objects intersect or be pushed aside each other.
Step 7
Add more peach. Place it further.
Step 8
Outline the drapery in the drawing - an important subject of any still life.
Step 9
Draw the vase in more detail, preferably shading a shadow somewhere.
Step 10
Decide where the light will come from. It usually falls from the top left corner or from the right and top. Light will help to reveal the volume of objects in space.
Step 11
Add highlights on the fruit. Highlights are light spots on these objects.
Step 12
Next, mark the darkest places.
Step 13
Novice artists paint still lifes in watercolors. It is a water-borne paint.
Step 14
Start with a vase. Paint all the contrasts and nuances of the subject with watercolor paint.
Step 15
When working with watercolors, touch the paper very gently and as little as possible with the brush. This will prevent you from ruining the paper.
Step 16
Try to make objects look like real objects.
Step 17
Start drawing a lemon. See which part is in shadow and which is lit.
Step 18
Your apple is reddish on top, yellow below. Draw light and shadow on it.
Step 19
When drawing a peach, focus your attention on its shape. In terms of color, it looks like an apple, but in shape they differ. Highlight the peach shape feature with color.
Step 20
Now is the time to do the drapery. You can paint it cold or create it from several colors, warmer.
21
Go back to the subjects again - they need to be spelled out in more detail. This rhythm of work, when you write one part of the picture, then another, will allow you to get a color-balanced work.
22
Your still life will create a feeling of comfort and will be a worthy decoration for your home.
